Vehicle-seat.



M. A. GAUGH.

VEHICLE SEAT.

APPLIOATION TILED MAB.22, 1913.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Wifnesse's .u. .mms PETERS CO. PNom-LITHQ, wAsNuvom" v MARIA A. GAUGI-I,OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

VEHICLE-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914..

Application filed March 22, 1913. Serial No. 756,089.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARIA A. GAUGi-I, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county ofCampbell and State of Kentucky ha-Ve invented new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Seats, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates, broadly speaking, to vehicle seats, and, moreparticularly, to that class of seats known as automobile seats.

The object of my invention is, to afford a vehicle seat having anadjustable back and foot-rest, so that an occupant can sit, while ridingin the vehicle, in a rearwardly inclined position and have a suitablefoot-rest for such a position. I accomplish this object by means of themechanism set forth in the following illustrations and described in thefollowing specification, like reference characters representing likeparts in said illustrations.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the seatadjusted so that an occupant may take therein a backwardly recliningposition and have at the same time a suitable foot-rest for such aposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the seatadjusted to a normal psition, suitable for an occupant while sitting inan erect position.

A is the adjustable back.

B is the bottom of the seat.

C and D are sides of the seat.

E and F are foot-rests. In Fig. 1, the foot-rest E is adjusted for use.

G and H are front inclosures for that portion of the seat underneath thecushion, which portion, however, may be left open in front, if desired.

I is a portion of the vehicle body, cut away at 26.

1 and 2 are elbow joints of the kind commonly used on buggy tops 3, 4i,5 and 6 are pins by means of which the free ends of said joints aresecured to said seat and on which said free ends rotate. 7, 8 and 9 areportions of the seat, cut away in order to show more clearly theattachments of said joints to said seat.

10 and 11 are the front p rti ns, and 1 and 13 are the rear portions, ofcatches adapted to bind the back A to the sides C and D. In the clampingoperation, these catches are automatic. By means of the coiled springs27 and 28, the rear portions of said catches are held down against thetop of the seat. W hen the joints 1 and 2 are broken, and the back Abrought forward against the sides of the seat C and D, the portions 12and 13 abut the portions 10 and 11 and the hooked portions 31 and 32engage the hooked portions and 34. The portions 29 and 30 are adapted tobe grasped by the fingers in unfastening these catches.

14 is a clip, terminating rearwardly in an eye and secured to the side 0of the seat. 15 is a similar clip, reversed in position, and secured tothe bacl: A. These two eyes are brought together and secured one to theother by means of the pin 16, on which these clips rotate. 22, 23 and.241- are respectively similar clips and pins to those above de scribedand employed on the opposite side of the seat.

17 and are portions of the seat cut away in order to show to betteradvantage the parts above described.

18 and 19 are the lines on which the front portions of the sides of theseat are cut away.

20 and 21. are handles attached respectively to the foot-rests E and F.

It is to be noted that, by dividing the foot-rest of the seat into thetwo portions E and F, one of these portions, as E in Fig. 1, can bebrought into use for the benefit of just one person, while the otherportion, as F in F ig. 1, can remain inactive, if desired by the personoccupying that side of the seat.

Having thus described my invention by illustrations in detail and as aworking mechanism, what I claim is In a vehicle seat, a rearwardlyadjustable back, having its lower edge hingedly attached to the rearportion of the bottom of said seat, and having its upper portion securedto the upper portion of the sides of said seat by jointed rods of iron,adapted to fold the one portion thereof upon another portion thereof, incombination With a. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set fastenerone portion thereoi' being adapted my hand in presence of twosubscrlblng Witto siidingly engage another portion thereof nesses. andsecure the upper portion of said back MARIA A. GAUGE. to the upperportion of the sides of said. Witnesses:

FRANCES G. I-IAZLEWOOD,

seat Whenever said back is brought into an WVILLIAM JOHN SCHULTZ.

upright position. l

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